Kollam - Port City of Kerala

The city of Kerala
State famous for eponymous port is our target for today. This is
Kollam metropolis also known as Quilon for beautiful ports and
several other tourist places. Lighthouse located at Tangasseri is one
more important area of the city. As per history of Kollam it was
administered by the British Residency for longer period. This Indian
tourist place is having beautiful churches belong to the Portuguese
and Dutch era. This city is known to the world for astonishing
surrounding, Ashtamudi Lake, and Kollam Port. Though you will find
other interesting places to visit as well. We can say it could be a
memorable trip for you, but you should plan for at least a week
holidays.

Kollam is the
ancient port city located at Laccadive sea coast ruled by Chera
dynasty for longer period. It was the major trade center in 9th
century had relations with China, Malaysia and Egypt. City has been
influenced by the culture of plethora during Sangam period. This
known city of Kerala is known for cashew and spices industry.

Covering all places
for our visitors is quite difficult so we have listed few top spots
of Kollam that you should not miss once you reach the city.

Tourist attraction
in Kollam:

Thangassery:

Amazing
beach established by Portuguese in AD 1502. Thangassery became major
source for Pepper trade since that period. The clean beach and wave
noise is amazing experience at this place. Don't forget to visit the
churches in this area as that will relax your mind.

Light House:

44
meters tall light house is again at Thangassery. Just reach the top
of light house and view this amazing city. It played vital role for
traders at all ages and still strong to serve the country.

Thenmala:

A planned
Eco-tourism spot of India located on banks of Kallanda River famous
for movie shooting for Malayalam and Tamil films. Trekking and
mountaineering hiking are key events of Thenmala. The lush green
surrounded is again a different experience for voyagers. The Hanging
Bridge is a popular attraction along with the Thenmala Dam. One of the best Indian tourist places to visit and a special post is available on our blog for Thenmala.

Palaruvi Waterfalls:

91 meters high Palaruvi Waterfalls are next place to visit in Kollam.
These horsetail waterfall are major tourism part of city. Palaruvi
name is derived from Tamil and it means stream of milk. Most of the
area is picturesque so again its must visit place for travelers. The
backdrop water and misty mountains made this place as perfect picnic
spot and local people are regularly visiting the spot to relax their
mind.

Thevally Palace:

King of Travancore built a palace between 1811 – 1819 influenced
from Dutch, British and Portuguese structural designs. Temple Lord
Sastha is another attraction of the palace..

Munroe Island:

An
Island named after British Colonel John Munroe turned as famous
destination for tourists structured near Asthamudi River. You can
enjoy water sports, boat racing, fishing and bird watching at this
island.

Shenduruny Wildlife
Sanctuary:

The rich flora area of state covers the area of 100 sq km.
established in 1984 housing many animals, reptile and bird along with
several archaeological sites.

This city is also
considered as the gateway for god’s own state, Kerala. Few more
places that you can cover in Kollam are Panmana Ashram, Sri
Mahaganapathi Temple, Jadayupara (Jadayu Rock), The Cave Temple at
Kottukal, Thirumullavaram Beach, Kaleelil Kudumbam, Rameshwara
Temple, Neendakara Port and many more.

How to reach Kollam?

Kollam is just 71 km
away from the capital Thiruvananthapuram of state. Kollam is listed
as biggest cities of Kerala and it is properly connected through road
and train. You can reach different cities of Kerala in case unable to
reach spot easily. Trivandrum is big city and just 80 km, Kochi is
140 km, Coimbatore is 321 km, Mangalore is 551 km away and Bangalore
675 km far from Kollam.

By Train: Kollam
Junction is properly linked to major cities of India. You will get
train from almost every city of India. In case you are unable to
reach or not getting reservation for Kollam you can check for
Thiruvananthapuram as that is just 71 km away from Kollam.

By Air: Closest
airport for Kollam is TIA (Trivandrum International Airport) located
at 71 km. TIA is properly connected to big international cities and
almost all national cities.

By Road: Kerala
transport is providing road service to their travelers. As Kerala is
major destination for tourism and Kollam is important Indian tourist
place, state is having transport to reach the spot without worries.
However, you will not get the buses from long distances but you can
attain through train to nearby place and from such point you can hire
taxi or get state transport for Kollam.